Adjustable tree seat for hunters

ABSTRACT

An adjustable tree seat for hunters includes a base member adapted to be secured to a tree or the like by a pair of elongated flexible straps having separable fastener means on their opposed ends. An open and tubular support member is retained on the base and a seat post projects out of the top of the support member and telescopes within the support member. Holes at spaced intervals on the seat post may be aligned with a hole in the base and a pin passed through the aligned holes to secure the seat post at a controlled elevation relative to the base. A bicycle-type seat is supported on the free end of the seat post and a foot platform is pivotably attached to the bottom end of the base by flexible straps which allow the platform to extend normally to the tubular member or to be aligned parallel to the tubular member for transportation and storage.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Patent ApplicationSer. No. 60/730,119 filed Oct. 25, 2005, which is incorporated herein byreference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a tree seat which may be adjustably attachedto a tree trunk, post or the like, to support a seat for a hunter at anelevated height and includes a footrest and adjustable support toseparate the seat from the footrest.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A variety of tree stands for use by hunters have been proposed. Thesegenerally include a seat member which may be supported at an adjustableheight along a tree trunk, post or the like. Certain of these treestands incorporate platforms upon which the hunter may stand or supporthis feet when seated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed toward such a tree stand which issimple in construction and versatile in application. It incorporates asupport member which may be attached to a vertical member such as a treetrunk or the like by adjustable straps which surround the verticalmember. The support retains a base including a vertically alignedtubular member having an open top. A seat post telescopes within thetubular member and has a plurality of adjustment holes formed along itslength. It may be adjustably supported at a chosen height with respectto the base by a pin that extends through a hole in the base and intoone of the adjustment holes in the seat post.

A seat for the hunter is carried at the top end of the post and maypreferably take the form of a padded bicycle seat. A platform on whichthe hunter may stand or may support his feet while seated is pivotablysupported to the bottom of the base for motion in a vertical plane andis retained by support straps that have one end fixed to the base andone end fixed to the platform. This allows the platform to be extendedat a right angle to the base for use or folded up so that it extendsalong the seat base and the seat post for carrying or storage purposes.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Other objects, advantages and applications of the invention will be madeapparent in the following description of a preferred embodiment of theinvention. The description makes reference to the accompany drawings inwhich:

FIG. 1 is a side perspective view of a preferred embodiment of my treestand with a hunter seated on the stand;

FIG. 2 is a side view of a preferred embodiment of my tree stand withthe platform extended laterally; and

FIG. 3 is a front view of my tree stand.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to the drawings, a preferred embodiment of my inventionconstitutes a tree seat, built about a planar vertical base member 10.The base member is adapted to be secured to a tree trunk 12 by two ormore adjustable straps 14. The straps have free ends 16 which may besecured together by Velcro fasteners, buckles or the like. The straps 14are adapted to loop about the tree trunk 12, a vertical post such as atelephone pole, or the like. The straps pass through slots in the base10 and/or in a vertically aligned tubular base member 18 which issecured to the base 10 so as to be aligned against and bear against thetree trunk 12.

The tubular member 18 has an open end and is adapted to receive anelongated tubular seat post 20 which telescopes within the tubularmember 18. The seat post 20 has a plurality of holes 22 formed at spacedintervals along its length. One of the holes may be aligned with a holeformed near the top of the tubular member 18 and a pin 24 may beinserted from the exterior of the tubular member 18, through one of theholes 22, to lock the seat post 20 at a controlled extension above thetubular member 18 in the base 10.

The seat post 20 supports a seat 26 which may be a flat platform or abicycle-type seat with a forward extending crotch support section. Thebicycle seat is preferably padded so as to provide a comfortable supportfor the hunter, generally indicated at 28, who may thus be supported onthe seat in an elevated height along the tree trunk or post 12.

The hunter's feet may be supported on a platform 30 which has one endpivotably attached to the lower end of the base 10. The platform 30 maybe supported in an operative, horizontal position, as indicated in thedrawings, by means of a pair of straps 32 which each have one end fixedto an elevated point on the base 10 and the other ends affixed toopposed side edges of the platform 30 near its free edge. The straps 32and the pivot connection allow the platform 30 to be elevated parallelto the tube 18 and the seat post 20, for the purpose of making the seatpost portable for carrying to and from the place of use and for storage.

It is therefore seen that the adjustable tree seat of the presentinvention is simple in construction so as to be reliable in operationand low in cost, and may be easily supported when disposed with the footsupport folded upwardly in carrying position.

1. A tree seat for a hunter, comprising: a tubular seat post base; strapmeans for retaining the base at a selected height along a tree or thelike with the base extending parallel to the central axis of a tree orthe like; an elongated cylindrical seat post adapted to extendtelescopically within the tubular seat post base; an adjustable lock forretaining the seat post at a selected extended position with respect tothe base; a seat secured to the top end of the seat post; and a footplatform secured to the lower end of the seat post base.
 2. The treeseat of claim 1 wherein the foot platform is pivotably supported at oneend with respect to the seat post base so that it may be positioned toproject substantially horizontally from the base or to fold up into aposition along the base.
 3. The tree seat of claim 1 wherein the seathas a pair of parallel sides and a central extending crotch section. 4.The tree seat of claim 2 including flexible straps extending between thebase and the platform, the straps being taut when the platform projectshorizontally from the base, and the straps allow the platform to foldinto position along the base for carrying.
 5. The tree seat of claim 1wherein the adjustable lock for retaining the seat post to the selectedextended position with respect to the base comprises a plurality ofholes formed through the sides of the seat post at spaced intervals, ahole formed through the base, and a pin adapted to be inserted throughaligned holes in the seat post and the base for retaining the seat postat a selected position with respect to the base.
 6. A tree seat for ahunter, comprising: a base member; at least two straps passing throughapertures in the base member, the straps having separable fastener meanson their free ends, and the straps being adapted to be wrapped about atree trunk or the like to retain the base with respect to the treetrunk; a tubular seat post supported on the base in a vertical attitudewhen the base is attached to a vertical post, and having a hole formednear its upper end; an elongated tubular seat post adapted to extendtelescopically within the tubular post, the seat post having a pluralityof holes formed at spaced intervals along its end; pin means for passingthrough the hole in the tubular member and a selected hole in the seatpost, to retain the seat post at a selected elevation with respect tothe base; a bicycle-type seat having an extending crotch support sectionsupported on the upper end of the seat post; a foot support platformhaving one end pivotably attached to the base, for motion in a planepassing through the central axis of the seat post; and strap meanshaving one end affixed to the base and the opposite end fixed to thefoot platform at a point spaced from the pivot point of the platform,adapted, when extended, to retain the platform in a horizontal attitude,at substantially right angles to the tubular member, or to allow theplatform to be folded into alignment with the tubular member and theseat post for transportation and storage.